this was the first time reading this play. i have seen it performed before, a couple of times. i was completely surprised by how short the play is andthis was the first time reading this play. i have seen it performed before, a couple of times. i was completely surprised by how short the play is and how quickly it read. even in reading it, i felt the fraught tension of the dynamics between a mother and her children....more

Perhaps the best of Shakespeare's plays. I have read this one a few times and it is a play to which I can return and return. I say "perhaps" ShakespeaPerhaps the best of Shakespeare's plays. I have read this one a few times and it is a play to which I can return and return. I say "perhaps" Shakespeare's best only because I truly love several of his plays and whore-about in my preference, tossing my Willy-love hither and yon to any Dark Prince that may happen past. Ah love! 'Tis a fickle mistress....more